oldfarmall
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Hello everyone-
Picked up an old Gehl Shredder/flail chopper, 5 ft wide cut. Made in 1959. I believe this is the model that preceeds the Gehl 72 flail choppers. Didn't have the camera at the farm today but found a picture online, see below. Hooked up the farmall H today and just about snubbed her out in 1st gear wide open. So I got out some more power and ran it with my Farmall 450. I opened the flap on the back so I could blow it out the rear of the machine instead of out the top chute. I was surprised at how much power it took to run. Even with the 450 in 1st gear, I had to run near WOT. Seemed to cut the thick grass well despite the dull knives. Anyone ever use this model? Does anyone have replacement knives for it? The are bolt on reversible square knives held on by 2 bolt to the swinging arms on the rotor. Might be able to see the knife style in the pictures. There are 30 of them, Gehl part number R13023. R13023A,B,C are different, they are the "j" shaped flail knives for the 72 and 7200 series. I want to use it for mowing weeds in the old pasture and along field edges. May even use it for corn stalk shredding after picking corn. Any info would be very appreciated. Thanks in advance!
-Jesse
Picked up an old Gehl Shredder/flail chopper, 5 ft wide cut. Made in 1959. I believe this is the model that preceeds the Gehl 72 flail choppers. Didn't have the camera at the farm today but found a picture online, see below. Hooked up the farmall H today and just about snubbed her out in 1st gear wide open. So I got out some more power and ran it with my Farmall 450. I opened the flap on the back so I could blow it out the rear of the machine instead of out the top chute. I was surprised at how much power it took to run. Even with the 450 in 1st gear, I had to run near WOT. Seemed to cut the thick grass well despite the dull knives. Anyone ever use this model? Does anyone have replacement knives for it? The are bolt on reversible square knives held on by 2 bolt to the swinging arms on the rotor. Might be able to see the knife style in the pictures. There are 30 of them, Gehl part number R13023. R13023A,B,C are different, they are the "j" shaped flail knives for the 72 and 7200 series. I want to use it for mowing weeds in the old pasture and along field edges. May even use it for corn stalk shredding after picking corn. Any info would be very appreciated. Thanks in advance!
-Jesse
